Paul Drahn wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Lead free solder is pure crap. It grows whiskers, it's brittle
and it's weak.

All true, but still 60%of our business and growing! The worst is the
fumes from the flux needed to hand solder the through-hole components.


We were exempt at my last job, building equipment for NASA. The only
problem we had was the local fire department insisted on a vent fan near
our solder pot, which made it difficult to maintain the proper
temperature.